Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Dinslaken: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED649
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Dinslaken
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2240LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Dinslaken, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Harold Denis Oates, pilot,
Sgt James Hindley, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Henry Parr, navigator,
F/O Donald Leslie Stevenson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Martin, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Ernest Bell, air gunner,
F/Sgt James Vincent Sweeney, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Dinslaken: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
Z1108
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Steeple Morden - Steeple Morden
Location:
Dinslaken
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Steeple Morden at 2029LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Dinslaken, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
P/O William Arthur Hoskins, pilot,
P/O Grahame Cyril Ralph Goodwin, observer,
Sgt John Lawson Main Illingworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Walter Michelin, air gunner,
Sgt George Elliott Charlesworth, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Dinslaken: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1283
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Dinslaken
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1950LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Dinslaken. All six crew members were killed.
Crew.
Sgt Harold Selby, pilot,
P/O John Nigel Tillard, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Victor Ward, observer,
Sgt Brian Henry Forster, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Barry Martin Smyth Henderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Leslie Price, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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